The program just received an additional $59 million. Of that, Wisconsin will get around $1 million for two watersheds in Dane County.

Tom Krapf is the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service Assistant State Conservationist in Wisconsin. He says the money will help farmers manage their land more carefully. "So they may deal with working with the farmstead itself and managing manure, so it reduces the risk of manure runoff. They may be management practices in the farming practices themselves, so it could be a nutrient management plan where they're taking a close look at the nutrients being applied, the time of year, and timing."

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